Employee Assistance Program

The Employee Assistance Program is a joint labor-management effort aimed at improving worker health, productivity and reducing absenteeism. The Public Employees Federation sees the Employee Assistance effort as something more . . . we see the EAP as a long-awaited step toward enhancing employees' quality of life, in the workplace and at home.

Marital, family, drug, alcohol, emotional, and financial problems have a devastating effect on our lives and can seriously impair our ability to perform our jobs. You, as a shop steward, are among the first to intervene with troubled employees.

In your position, you can help a troubled employee by urging him or her to get some help.

The EAP can help.

Things you need to tell our members:

1. The program is confidential.
2. Promotions and other work incentives are not affected by participating in the program.
3. This is a voluntary program. No one can be forced to see the EAP Coordinator.
4. The program is neutral. The coordinator will not take sides between an employee and employer.

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